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by adyer07 3mo ago
I looked for a source for this, and found the opposite: > Newborn oxytocin levels were higher in the umbilical artery vs. umbilical vein, and both were higher than maternal plasma levels, implying substantial fetal oxytocin production in
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by adyer07 3y ago
Huh. I always just thought it was because my cat isn't smart enough to differentiate between "can noise, human making tuna sandwich" and "can noise, human is dispensing cat food."
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by adyer07 4y ago
I really enjoyed Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. It's more of a kick in the pants than an inspirational book, but it actually helped me think about (and act on) my priorities.
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by adyer07 4y ago
"The Art of Responsive Drawing" by Nathan Goldstein. It's an in depth analysis of the elements of drawing and, more importantly, what those elements actually do . It really celebrates the expressive and creative aspects of d
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Weather during quarantine: paper weavings using weather and COVID infection data(nathaliemiebach.com)
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by adyer07 5y ago
The generator stuff is pretty wild - I got some real Cronenbergs. I wonder if, in 5 years, we'll start to see this kind of trippy AI aesthetic filter into illustration and animation. Or maybe the AI will just get more naturalistic.
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by adyer07 5y ago
The analogy between pitch and color recognition is funny to me - it's like the skill gradient is backwards for artists versus musicians. One critical skill in learning to paint (naturalistically, at least) is learning to differentiate
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by adyer07 5y ago
It looks like you can - the repo for VQ-GAN has instructions for this: https://github.com/CompVis/taming-transformers#training-on-c...
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by adyer07 5y ago
This is delightful. The paper sliders are especially charming. I wonder if the tactility of it helped make assembly easier to learn - or harder, because it didn't have immediate feedback.
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by adyer07 5y ago
For those arguing that grit is all that is needed to lift oneself from poverty: I recommend the book "This is all I got" by Lauren Sandler ( https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/51229737-this-is-all
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by adyer07 5y ago
Looking at your website - I don't climb, but I used to use chalk for powerlifting - I desperately want to see photos of HANDS! My immediate question was "what is chalk cream", and that makes me want to see the product in use.
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by adyer07 6y ago
The funny thing about drawing is that it’s not one skill - it’s a collection of many different skills. An architect, a cartoonist, an illustrator, an animator, Michelangelo and Picasso are all drawing, and clearly what they produce and its
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by adyer07 6y ago
Do you have a scanner? I think traditional “paste-up” style zines have such a cool hand-made aesthetic. Plus, no licensing fees for a glue stick :)
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by adyer07 6y ago
The final recording is interesting as someone with average hearing - it almost sounds like someone with a lisp articulating very, very carefully. I suppose “s” must be a very high frequency sound.
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by adyer07 6y ago
There actually is a second chance pool, but you usually would get an e-mail about it.
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by adyer07 6y ago
You could look into the IBM Selectric - the typing element is a ball so it can't jam, and it's actuated by little cables that might be hackable. Feed it paper off of a roll, and you have your jam-free, continuous printing solution
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by adyer07 6y ago
One suggestion I didn’t see in here was video games! I switch my Switch to a second language to play Animal Crossing. I’ve found it to be a fun and intuitive way to pick up a little more colloquial language and vocabulary. I’ve had similar
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by adyer07 6y ago
Very interesting - I will definitely try that next time. I agree! Flexible work would be a huge differentiator and I was ready to bend over backwards for it. I’ve heard that many companies won’t consider it because developers are just so da
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by adyer07 6y ago
I tried this and struggled. After taking a break from full-time developer work, I reached out to multiple tech companies via personal referrals. Everyone said that they’d love me full time, but couldn’t have a part-time hire. I got a lot of
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by adyer07 6y ago
1. I did a year long bike tour with my partner. When I came home, I went back to undergrad to study art (illustration + painting). So now I’m mostly a student, also working on my own art and doing some part-time work. 2. Boredom which beca
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by adyer07 6y ago
Sounds a bit like a modern version of The Jungle.
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by adyer07 6y ago
Quasi-serious home baker here: think of those pieces of advice as possible inputs, instead of contradictory! How often you feed your starter, and how much water is included, are both factors you can use to control the final properties of th
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by adyer07 7y ago
Thank you for the link, this is fantastic! I love the complex interwoven nature of the patterns.
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by adyer07 7y ago
Thank you! I do wonder why the resemblance to veins is so strong. There must be something interesting and emergent going on there, too.
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by adyer07 7y ago
Server ran out of memory, apparently - back up now, with more swap space on the server :)
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by adyer07 7y ago
OK, should be back up.
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by adyer07 7y ago
Shoot! On it.
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by adyer07 7y ago
Ha, I had exactly that same experience, with the same injury, no less. The physiologist told me that sure, the surgeon is always going to recommend surgery - but if you’re going to have to do PT, why not do it first and see if it fixes the
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by adyer07 7y ago
Yeah, I still feel like there's a lot unexplored there. Abstract code visualization seems like it would be an interesting project in its own right.
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by adyer07 7y ago
Certainly - you can look at the source for the p5.js port here, which is basically a line-by-line port of the original processing3 simulation: https://github.com/oxling/p5js_ants The other parts, the rasterization and

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